Comments on: Capitol Hill Converted

By: June Jean Ann

June Jean Ann — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:31:04 +0000

This book looks interesting. I hope the people whose lives have been affected by these schools (either as students, staff, neighbors or now…residents) cherish the work the author put into this to make it a historical tribute to a fabulous, transient and dynamic neighborhood!

By: Arthur Delaney

Arthur Delaney — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:43:11 +0000

Lots of public schools left on the Hill. There’s the Capitol Hill Cluster School, which includes Peabody, Watkins, and Stuart-Hobson. Then there’s Brent Elementary, Tyler, Ludlow-Taylor, Payne… some others I cannot remember at the moment and cannot research because this is a blog. The big high school here is Eastern, “The Pride of Capitol Hill.”

By: Jose

Jose — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:01:05 +0000

Are there any public schools left on Capitol Hill? There are a ton of kids, where do they go to school? Last I heard, the private schools only go up to 8th grade. So then what?

By: Vern

Vern — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:35:02 +0000

Is there a CliffsNotes version of this book?

By: Lee-Lou

Lee-Lou — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:38:09 +0000

What’s amazing is the volume of the former school spaces - the huge windows and ceilings. Some of these former classrooms and biology labs are now selling for over a million dollars. It would have been nice if the D.C. Public School system had established a means of recouping that value and putting it in to the remaining schools in existence. Too many of the D.C. public schools need an overhaul - the facilities are train-wrecks. This is the Nation’s Capital and if taxation without representation weren’t enough, there should be quality school options for children - and not just in Northwest - in every quadrant!

By: Mr. T in DC

Mr. T in DC — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:48:26 +0000

I only wish the trend of adaptive reuse of historic DCPS facilities extended to the now half-demolished Bell High School in Columbia Heights.